This verse leapt out from our reading today -
Proverbs 3
9 Honour the Lord with your wealth
and with the best part of everything you produce.
10 Then he will fill your barns with grain,
and your vats will overflow with good wine.
I know that some people are frustrated that there has been so much talk at St Paul's recently on the extremely worrying financial position of the church. Indeed, it would be fair to say that noone is more frustrated at having to mention it that Chris, because he wants us to look focus on everything God is doing in and through his people in Tervuren. However, the reality is that we are currently looking at a critical shortfall, which potentially could mean that we are unable to meet our commitments.
How to respond? Do we grumble and groan that they are banging on about money yet again? Do we harden our hearts as we and all of God's people are prone to do (Ps 95:8)?
Or do we instead turn and repent of our greed and idolatry and seek to honour God with our wealth, with the best part of our produce? Surely this is the correct response - as we offer up ourselves daily to be a living sacrifice, as we seek to renew our minds daily, to take up our cross daily, as we seek daily to become more like Jesus, shouldn't we seek to honour God every day with our wealth, with the best of what we have.
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